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From: Dale on 7 Aug 2007 21:52
Our Camry is a 1995 V6 LE. I recently re&re'd the brake rotors with ATE
Premium rotors and noticed one of the caliper piston (dust) boots was
damaged (a cut in the folds). I doubt it will affect the integrity of the
piston and sleeve for a little while, at least until the crappy weather
starts up. The caliper is a dual piston type.

What I would like to know is if anyone has repaired/replaced these rubber
boots ..or if it is feasible to do it at all? And if so, what's involved and
can parts be ordered for it? I have a Haynes manual but it doesn't get into
this particular repair process much.

Thanks.


From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 8 Aug 2007 00:54
On Wed, 08 Aug 2007 01:52:46 +0000, Dale wrote:

> Our Camry is a 1995 V6 LE. I recently re&re'd the brake rotors with ATE
> Premium rotors and noticed one of the caliper piston (dust) boots was
> damaged (a cut in the folds). I doubt it will affect the integrity of the
> piston and sleeve for a little while, at least until the crappy weather
> starts up. The caliper is a dual piston type.
>
> What I would like to know is if anyone has repaired/replaced these rubber
> boots ..or if it is feasible to do it at all? And if so, what's involved
> and can parts be ordered for it? I have a Haynes manual but it doesn't get
> into this particular repair process much.
>
> Thanks.


Yeah, you can do it. It's not hard, but not easy, and you may want to ask
yourself how much your time is worth. Then check the price of a reman'd
caliper...


From: johngdole on 8 Aug 2007 00:58
You should be able to order a rebuild kit from Toyota, this should
include the caliper dust boot, retainer ring, piston seal, bleeder
plug cap, new copper washers, and dust boots. Aftermarket kits go for
about $20. I ordered a Beck Arnley kit from Kragen/Murray/Advance Auto/
Checkers but yet to install it.

It's hard to find anything about caliper rebuild in any manual now.
Older ones still have them for comparison. Unless you have one of
those rear parking brake combo ones it's pretty similar.

Some brake rebuild pages with pictures:

http://www.head2head.free-online.co.uk/Rover/caliper.htm
http://www.schattenbaum.org/tech_articles/caliper_rebuild/caliper_rebuild.htm



On Aug 7, 6:52 pm, "Dale" <dalerrassportnos...(a)telus.net> wrote:
> Our Camry is a 1995 V6 LE. I recently re&re'd the brake rotors with ATE
> Premium rotors and noticed one of the caliper piston (dust) boots was
> damaged (a cut in the folds). I doubt it will affect the integrity of the
> piston and sleeve for a little while, at least until the crappy weather
> starts up. The caliper is a dual piston type.
>
> What I would like to know is if anyone has repaired/replaced these rubber
> boots ..or if it is feasible to do it at all? And if so, what's involved and
> can parts be ordered for it? I have a Haynes manual but it doesn't get into
> this particular repair process much.
>
> Thanks.


From: johngdole on 8 Aug 2007 01:13
I second that. The fronts I used rebuilts from the local NAPA store.
Everything is shining new, even the piston. The green coated caliper
is an anti-rust compound. Then you know it's not new.

If you didn't flush the brake fluid every year or two then the piston
and bore may have rust. You'll spend too much time and get bad
results. In that case go with rebuilts. Mine were flush every year
with Valvoline Syntech or Castrol GT LMA (Low Moisture Activity), so
I'll work on the rear with Beck and Arnely rubber kit as a
preventative thing. Yearly flushes didn't prevent one front OEM
caliper from seizing up on me (leaky seal) so I am going the
preventative route.


On Aug 7, 9:54 pm, Hachiroku <Tru...(a)AE86.gts> wrote:
> Yeah, you can do it. It's not hard, but not easy, and you may want to ask
> yourself how much your time is worth. Then check the price of a reman'd
> caliper...


From: Dale on 8 Aug 2007 10:32
Thanks for the tips, guys. No, I hadn't flushed the fluids on a regular
(annual) basis, but it will be done once the fix is in place. The calipers
look very clean ..at least on the outside.
The local dealer wants just under c$200 for a caliper and c$70 for a repair
kit! I may try and locate a kit at a local jobber and hope their quality is
the same.

Does the dust boot and ring fit into a channel in the piston bore or is it
fit _onto_ some notch on the piston?


"Dale" <dalerrassportnospam(a)telus.net> wrote in message
news:Ol9ui.96750$xk5.66514(a)edtnps82...
> Our Camry is a 1995 V6 LE. I recently re&re'd the brake rotors with ATE
> Premium rotors and noticed one of the caliper piston (dust) boots was
> damaged (a cut in the folds). I doubt it will affect the integrity of the
> piston and sleeve for a little while, at least until the crappy weather
> starts up. The caliper is a dual piston type.
>
> What I would like to know is if anyone has repaired/replaced these rubber
> boots ..or if it is feasible to do it at all? And if so, what's involved
> and can parts be ordered for it? I have a Haynes manual but it doesn't get
> into this particular repair process much.
>
> Thanks.
>


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